The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25

shehe When ne came up. Did not see Hamil.
ton, Eubanks or Figures there. Mr.. Lesser
| came up and witness spoke to him Ua
| then went to the Gambrell house IN tell
| Mr Gambrell. En- route he met Nessrs
Carraway and Albrecht going west. Met
| them about ten or fifteen PAGES from tha
approach Of the bridge. When witness
| nrst saw Albreckt he was coming from the
east The last shot fired sounded louder
| tnan the rest. This shot sounded as If n
came from the northwestern corner Of the
| Drldge The shots came in this manner.
ONE, FOUR, ONE. POUR AND ONE.
making eleven shots. The last shot NAV
| have been double shot
Examined the scene of the killing later
during the night; there is a large wooden
post on the northwest corner of the bridge !.
uamDrell vas lying at the third post from
this post; saw the eindentations-some three
IN number; they looked as if they might
nave been made with the barrel of a pistol
saw the marks of the bullets which have
oeen go frequently described the marks of
the pistol shots enlarged toward the west
end the marks seem to have been made
with very large bullet on the following
morning near to the white post described
found another bullet mark this bullet had
been hred from the northwest and down
ward 1t passed through the upper end of
the plank it looks as if it had been made
by a 35-calibre; these are the only shots
seen in the walk; there was also another
ball in the post on the wire fence this shot
seemed to come from the southeast
On the morning following the shooting
noticed that the brick abutments projected
some little distance between This abutment
and the floor of the bridge noticed foot
marks as if made by man climbing up the
embankment; went on and crossed over to
the south side, toward McDonnell's foun-
dry. The road bed here is very little south
of the car track, leaving a distance of
between three TO FIVE feet. Left and took
nap until 9o'clock, when he went under
the bridge again, and to his astonishment
found that under the span of the approach
that there were a great many Scotch
thistles, and that all those thistles were
cut, and that thistles under another span
had been cut also. There were also marks
OF heavy man treading on these thIstles
On the morning after the killing saw a
negro man at work filing in at the place
near where the thistles grew called the
attention Of two members of the jury to the
cut thistles, and that evening, while giving
his evidence, he was told that the city had
cut those thistles. Mr.. Van Buren, a men,
Der of the coroner's jury, had given him
the information about the city having cut
the thistles. Gambrells body, the hole in
the post and the eastermost one of the
three converging shots were all in the
line. The opinion formed of the position
of the person who fired the responsive shot |
by witness was that
HE WAS DOWN
at the time the responsive shot was fired |
this opinion was strengthened by the de-
scending light of the flashes directed to-
ward the responsive shot. 1t was after the |
first shot, and after the cry of murder that |
the sound of footsteps were heard did not |
hear the sound of O horses hoefs on the |
bridge Immediately after the shooting. AS
sociated the sound of the footsteps on the
bridge with the shooting. The footsteps |
impressed him as that of q drunken man
with two companions.
District Attorney Miller here hastily
drew diagram of the bridge with all the
houses in the vicinity which had been re-
ferred to in the evidence. Witness said
that he did not think the diagram exactly
correct. He suggested some alterations.
Witness here described his position in ref
erenee to the position of other witnesses
who were in houses in the vicinity at the
time of the killing.
Crosse examin ed-Have not formed any
theory, but have an idea of the least num-
ber OF men engaged. May have mentioned
it Unfortunately. Thought it was foul
nation then; think so still Went to
the bridge with a perfectly clear mind. Ex-
amined the marks without prejudice. Had
not disabused his mind of his first impress
l
physical signs without bias.
Here witness was handed diagram
made by Lamar Fontain, civil engineer.
IL represented the bridge and approaches.
He was asked to designate the exact posi-
ton of the converging shots. He said that
he did not know the scale of the map and
" ould hesitate to make positive statement
based on it. lie however again described
the position of the flashes. Witness then
in pencil jotted down the position of the
flashes 20 the best of his judgment of
course holding tlat his pencil-marks were
only to be considered as approximating the
localities. As designated, the shots were
fred from the centre of the roadway, be-
tween the two plank walks leading up to
the bridge proper.
Witness stated that he could locate the
position of the three flashes, but could not
locate the parties because he did not see
them. Saw three flashes They were fred
from three directions a little south of the
middle of the roadway, the flashes begin
nlng in line east and west about fifteen
or twenty-five feet from the western end of
the bridge. The flashes were about a foot
north of the north railroad track. The CEN
trail flash was depressed and little below
a horizontal line. TIE three converging
shots were directed toward the point wnere
body lay.
Witness said that he could locate the
point from which sound proceeded by |
hearing it. Saw in the neighborhood of
the large spots of blood TO the eastward
few spots of blood. At the point where the
bridge chloride meets the bridge proper
there is a white post, say about one and
half feet from the chloride; Just north of
this post there was q sprinkling of blood.
Was not an expert ON pistols; knew, how
ever, that most pistol balls are conical- |
The ball in the post supporting the wire |
post cut off corner of this post.
tA1 hA ln ~ fnrR
and knew something of civil engineering |
The resistance in the post of the wire fence
would have possibly capsed ball coming |
from south TO north about to glance OH to |
the northwest cutting OFF the splinter |
based his calculation on the bed of the |
ball as presented by the post, and not after |
fitting back the splinters. There was
we'll defined bed made by the ball.
II was 9:57 o'clock when he started TO |
leave; could not say exactly how long he |
stood on the gallery; was pretty good
iudge of time; was on the gallery between
five and ten minutes; had started to go; |
was called back by remark made py the
Young ladies stood talking to them. His
body was turned east but he was looking
towards the young ladies' was on the steps
during the whole of the shooting. witness
stood about FIVE feet eight inches high.
The step on which he is standing is about
six or eight inches high.
There a, such things as optical illu-
sions; have made point of studying
lights and shadows, and from that study
can locate a flash. The first shot cut of
The conversation, although the young ladies
may have made remark or so during the
luli in the shooting The young ladies
called witness attention to the carriage
that passed. Was positive that carriage
similar to Col. Hamilton's passed just PRIOR
TO the shooting. Did not notice who was
in the carriage. An interval of some Sec
onds elapsed between the first shot, which
was followed by the first cry, and the four
shots which followed each other very rapid
iv. AS we'll as he could judge by the sounds
four shots were fred
BIZ FOUR PARTIES,
occupying the four corners of quadrilat-
eral Had no recollection OF any one say
ing "Oh, don'tl" There was quite lapse
Of time before witness heard ths tnree re-
Sred in the roadway. There was respon
s;ve shot and flash from where GambrelPs
body was subsequently found. Gould not
.tate exactly how much time was consumed
in the shooting Was friend OF Mr.. Gam
brell.
before the coroner; was not sure that il
Was taken in full; had corrected il and 1t
was in substance correct. Did not see any
one on the bridge or approach during the
shooting. Mr.. Gambreu wore suit OF
| I;ght clothes. Saw two or three men in
front Of Mrs. Heapys store during the
shooting; they were large men; one seemed
to be trying to gain admission; saw them
| when the door was being closed Just prior
to the volley of four shots Saw fitzgerald
| when he came to the gate; from his posi-
tion he could not command fall view OF
the bridge and could not see man in the
middle of it.
EVENING SESSION.
Court reassembled at p m. Viola Ash
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